“Wine of the Dead” is a youth novel by the most popular French classic of the twentieth century. Romain Gary, pilot, diplomat, hero of the Second World War, brilliant novelist and great mystifier, was twice awarded the famous Prix Goncourt: the first time in 1956 as Gary, the second in 1975 as Emile Azhar. This novel, the only one, signed His real name is Roman Katsev, an amazing fate. The manuscript, given by the author to a friend of his youth, was considered lost forever. However, half a century later, it turned up at an auction, and on the writer’s centenary, the book finally saw the light of day. In the popular medieval genre of “danse macabre,” Gary tells the story of the incredible adventures of his tipsy hero in the next world. The beginning writer gives full rein to his wild imagination and sarcasm. His caricatured dead clownish from the heart, copying living people. The novel outlines the plots of many famous works of the future Gari-Azhar. The release of the book became a sensation all over the world.